Ecclesiastes 7:6-13

⁶For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool. This also is vanity.

⁷Surely the gain of oppression maketh a wise man foolish, and a gift corrupteth the understanding.

⁸Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. Better is the patient in spirit than the proud in spirit.

⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

¹⁰Say not, “What is the cause that the former days were better than these?” For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

¹¹Wisdom is as good as an estate? yea, it hath an advantage over it for them that see the sun.

¹²For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence. But knowledge hath the advantage. For wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

¹³Consider the work of God! Who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?